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submitted 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) by cosmicrookie@lemmy.world to c/nostupidquestions@lemmy.world

Found on a google maps trip to Al Jirab, Along the E11 24°05'14.0"N 53°55'27.0"E

I found this while looking for interesting places to share on the Top View community here on Lemmy

After some more research, the most likely candidates:

mangrove nurseries, salt harvesting, algae farm, coral nurseries.

But nothing yet is confirmed!

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[-] PrincessLeiasCat@sh.itjust.works 36 points 5 months ago

Unrelated, but I love that you discovered this image and worked so hard to figure out the answer to your question. I had also never heard of the Top View community, and it’s so interesting - subscribed! Thanks, OP :)

[-] Jarix@lemmy.world 4 points 5 months ago

I also subscribed!

[-] evening_push579@feddit.nu 34 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Salt harvesting?

Edit: apparently mangrove plantations.

[-] cosmicrookie@lemmy.world 9 points 5 months ago

It could be yeah! I Just can't find any info on it online

[-] onion@feddit.de 4 points 5 months ago

Wouldn't they have to be inverted? Raised walls to partition and ponds in between

[-] TranscendentalEmpire@lemm.ee 18 points 5 months ago

I think I may have found the answer? After researching a little bit it looks like Abu al Abyad, the island above the elongated rectangles is actually an international military testing facility. This article , and a couple similar to it alluded that the area is for testing naval equipment and amphibious landings.

There are similar man made pools of salt water in desert condition that the US utilizes for radar testing at the China Lake research facility in California.

[-] poVoq@slrpnk.net 8 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Could also be algae farming, but it looks more like salterns.

[-] englislanguage@lemmy.sdf.org 6 points 5 months ago

Maybe the name (arabic: الخضيرة, English Al Khidayrah) helps.

See https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/9971473918#map=12/24.1032/53.9868

[-] cosmicrookie@lemmy.world 6 points 5 months ago

Thanks!

I mostly just found other posts (on reddit) about the same place, but no definite answer. Most likely it sounds like a mangrove plantation though

[-] SplashJackson@lemmy.ca 2 points 5 months ago

They're water farms, they just happen to be rectangular in shape thanks to the Seigneurial system

[-] cosmicrookie@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago

But this is salt water. How can they grow crops in that?

[-] SplashJackson@lemmy.ca 1 points 5 months ago

Flood the plane, let the water evaporate, and you've got yourself some salt buddy

Now if only we could do the same with pepper, we'd be set

[-] cosmicrookie@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Ah ... didn't know that seasalt evaporation ponds are called water farms!

I assumed you meant crop farming in water

But yeah salt harvesting is one of the possibilities I originally posted in the description of the post. Others have commented that it does not seem likely when looking at the closeups.

My bet is on mangrove nursery

[-] Tronn4@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago

Water streets.

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